Abstract

We explore the possibility of using the surface plasmonpolariton interference field to deposit neutral molecules onto a silverfilm perforated with two double-slits. The Monte Carlo simulated results show that the deposited molecular pattern is the periodic line array with a width resolution of and a period of 530 nm when the molecular beam is well-collimated. Dependences of the deposition resolution on the system parameters, the potential applications and improvements are also discussed in some detail.

Received 26 October 2010Accepted 09 February 2011Published online 01 March 2011

Acknowledgments:

The authors are grateful to Dr. Qi Zhou for the helpful discussions. The authors acknowledge support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 10904060, 10974090, and 11021403, the Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds.